Adventure is here. My baby sister is just weeks away from meeting her first baby face-to-face. And so we celebrate. We celebrate this new little life. We celebrate the beginning of motherhood. We celebrate the growing of a family. Our nursery theme when we were babies centered around Winnie the Pooh. My sister and her […]
Pregnancy
Greta: A Birth Story
I have a daughter! It is a beautiful thing to give birth to your best friend… The funny thing about giving birth is how your perception of it changes over time. Greta’s birth gets more and more beautiful, the further out I get from it. To be honest, beautiful would have been the last word […]
Getting Ready for Greta…
We have been busy over here getting ready for Greta’s arrival. Last month at the cabin, Xander and I went for a walk on his birthday and I told him all about the day he was born. Since there has been so much excitement with learning about pregnancy, babies and anticipating Greta being born I […]
Pregnancy Update
Well, it’s been a while since I posted any kind of pregnancy update, so here is the digest version: 27 weeks along. 5 weeks past the time when I went on quasi-bedrest with the last pregnancy. (hurray!) Despite contractions starting at 13 weeks. Seriously?!?!?!? Thrilled to be in a place of getting to take care of […]
It’s a…
PARTY!!!! With our previous three, we usually just hopped on the phone right after the ultrasound to blurt out the news. This time, my sister and mom had the wonderful idea to have a revealing party! Everyone was to come dressed in either pink or blue to reflect their vote! So on Wednesday, Rich […]
Gratitude as Spiritual Warfare…
I worry. It’s a fault of mine. When I was pregnant with my oldest son so soon after a miscarriage, it was a constant mental battle to not give in to the worry. This time around there was still a battle going on. About two months ago, I had some pretty clear signs that another miscarriage […]